Would you fly to Europe at 33 weeks pregnant for a family event?
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Anonymous
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My nephew (husband's sister's kid) is having a bar mitzhah in London. I will be thirty three weeks pregnant. We are getting family pressure to attend. I do not want to be over the Atlantic for eight hours and back when I am 33 weeks pregnant. I'm also not thrilled about me potentially going into labor in the US alone if my dh goes without me.
Would it be unreasonable of us to skip this event? |
Anonymous
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Nope. If you are getting family pressure, "blame" it on your doctor, and say that they insist you don't fly. (FWIW, I think you OB would agree that unless it's an emergency, you not fly.
Would DH going alone work? |
Anonymous
| no |
Anonymous
| No. My niece did something similar and end up with a blood clot. The baby almost died. You shouldn't be sitting that long. |
Anonymous
| No, it wouldn't be. I wouldn't travel for a bar mitzvah, and doubt that a 33 week pregnant, jet lagged, tired and cranky and most probably swollen all around me would be much fun to be around. I would probably just send my husband with a good back up plan if it's really close family (his side). Or we'd totally skip it. Hell, they have kids so should know that 33 weeks is no fun crammed in a seat for 6-8 hours at least over the Atlantic. |
Anonymous
| If you are having a healthy pregnancy, then I would send DH on his own. If you are high risk or there is concern about preterm labor then he stays home too. |
Anonymous
| Not a chance. |
Anonymous
| Hell no. |
Anonymous
| No! |
Anonymous
| Just adding to the chorus - no. |
Anonymous
| Don't go. |
Anonymous
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No and at that point, I would be super nervous about DH going alone - I have too many friends who have had perfectly healthy pregnancies and still gone into labor early and had their husbands camped out at airports, desperately trying to get onto flights standby at huge expense, to get back to them (and not all made it back in time).
Skip it and let them know you'll come visit with the baby when its safe and you are ready for everyone to travel. |
Anonymous
| It's not the end of the world if DH misses the birth, if you deliver early. Encourage him to go. You'll be fine. But you don't want to have a premature infant in Europe. Can you imagine the expense of THAT, if you delivered early over there? |
Anonymous
| I flew over/back transatlantic flights at 32/33 weeks. Alone. No issue at all. I had a letter from my doc, but no one asked for it. It was a great trip! |
Anonymous
Lol. It's not the end of the world either if OP and DH miss a bar mitzvah of a relative in Europe. |